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Lorelai's Artwork RPGallery - September 19th, 1999
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A steamrolled Pikachu?
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  Artist of the Week
Nutz
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There was really no question about Artist of the Week today. Nutz, a wonderful webmistress and eager helper all around, has wowed me for good with her ever-improving artwork. I remember the first submission I ever got from her; it landed in the Maybe Box. But now...heh, well take a look at all the artwork by Nutz...and you'll see what I mean. ^_^

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Hello and Welcome! Glad you could join us today for Fan Artwork. I just took a sneak peek at RPGamer's hit stats about 5 minutes ago..and let me tell you, we get a pretty darn cool percentage of hits out of RPGamer's total! GO US!!! Wooooo!!! (Lorelai does a little dance)


The Latest from Lorelai

Well well, it turns out that Prozac (the company / medicine) has objected to our using their name in our title, Prozac Cookies. Whew, so glad I asked them; didn't want to get my sorry seat sued....So, I frantically conducted a poll this past week, and we have voted on a new title for our site: The Art Corner. Pretty cool ne? We have our own server and domain name now, www.artcorner.org

Hey...Off the topic, what does that smiley over there look like??? (this one: ^_____^) a CERTAIN staff member *poke MIKE poke* has been calling it a steamrolled pikachu everytime I use it. Blarg. Poor Pikachu. ::plots revenge::

With this new name change, everything is changing. All subscribers to the Prozac Cookie mailing list have been transferred to the Art Corner Mailing List automatically; if you are interested in subscribing (the newsletter keeps you up on updates and such) then e-mail artcorner-subscribe@topica.com to be automatically added to the list! If you're interested in being an artist critiquer for The Art Corner, feel free to apply! A HUGE warm thanks go to Michael Creque and Aaron Malone for generously contributing their own money to help The Art Corner prosper! Also thanks to Mike Tidwell for contributing server space for us, among a heap of other favors....Lorelai owes you all big time! *HuGgLe*

Ask Lore

Do you like working with predefined characters (from RPGs, anime, etc) or do you prefer the freeform imagery from original concepts that you thought up?

Lorelai: There's no preference. Freeform drawing and Fan Artwork are two different categories. One feeds off the pre-determined characters of a game/movie etc. that you admire and would like to illustrate among the emotional events that the plotline details. The other requires you to create both the character and plotline in order to make the picture make sense. It really depends on what mood I'm in. (aka, Am I thinking about Billy Lee Black? or am I thinking about my original character/story? ^_^)


A Cookie for your Thoughts

  • Newsletter: Thanks to the help of so many people, the opening of Prozac Cookies hovers on the near horizon! (ok, that made no sense) Anyway, if you're interested in subcribing to Prozac Cookies: the newsletter, which will be for updates and whatever use pops up for it in the future, then send an e-mail here. I use topica.com for my newsletters and I *think* they'll do the trick (still in testing phase). If you already subscribed via my RPGamer e-mail, you're on the list already, don't worry.

  • Ask Lore: Like always, I'm opening up my Lifestream e-mail to personal questions, whether it be related to RPGamer, my other jobs, my goals, nigel, my school, or my pet dog Bobby. Anything that's not inappropriate or too private. Go ahead, Ask Lore. ^_^ I usually answer by e-mail nowadays instead of posting my answer on this site, but you can still get to know me!

  • Art on IRC: come to esper.net and join #artcorner, the official channel for The Art Corner! I just registered it, so I welcome you to join. If you're a staffer (aka a critiquer) please be sure to drop by, I need to op you in the channel ^_^;;;

    Wei-Ling Lorelai Wu


  • Ryu of Breath of Fire II
    " God and his Children"
    Artwork by Landale

    Comments: If I had more patiant I«d probaly would have drawn a nice background..I had this idea of putting some houses in the background, with alot of snow, and some lonely lights. BUT no...I created a black night with snow silently falling down instead. I like snow and black BGs^^ BoF 2 is a VERY deep game and is very much based on religion. That«s where I«ve got the idea of the Poem from. Ryu«s young at this picture and it«s during the time Ryu and Bob lived as homeless street kids..something we never heard about in the game..or not much anyway.

    Claude Kenni from Star Ocean II
    " Victory! "
    Artwork by Nutz

    Comments: I really like Claude Kenni of Star Ocean 2, and the game is one of my current favorites too. This fanart took me one day to finish, and was mainly colored using watercolor and ink. I tried to draw Claude in his winning pose, with all splendor (plus a lot of fancy lighting using Adobe Photoshop). Be advised folks, I just made up the sword's design, so don't wonder if it's part of Star Ocean ^_^

    Cloud (or) Zack and Sephiroth of Final Fantasy VII
    " Death of a Soldier "
    Artwork by Arion McBride

    Comments: I started this one as just a deep drawing. when i finished it it had turned out darker than intended but i still feel i captured everything i was going for. i am not going to tell you the symbolisms behind this, all i will say is this - i didnt mean cloud or zack whichever you think it is, to be physicly dead (though in zacks case its true) but rather the death aspect to be symbolic rather than taken at face value, whatever other symbolisms you see in the drawing i will leave to you as it is more interesting that way ^_^ be warned its a lil graphic but everyone thats seen it agree it's good.
    *may be too intense for sensitive audiences*

    Main Character of Grandia
    " Heroine "
    Artwork by Wulfmune

    Comments: main character girl from grandia. don't know much about the game yet but i'm really looking forward to it's release. couldn't help myself from drawing her, her design is soo cute!

    Billy Lee Black of Xenogears
    " Heaven's Gate"
    Artwork by Min Kwon (Keiiii)

    Comments: I really, really don't like how I drew his face. There are good things in this picture, but the stupid way I drew his face really kills the entire pic. I could go on how much I hate about it and make a 5MB text file, but that wouldn't be nice, so I'll talk about the things I like about this. #1 - his hair. It looks silky, and it actually looks like he has volumes of hair, not layers of hair. ^^ It was pretty easy to do with tablet in Painter. #2 - the background. I actually drew it in Painter. I usually paste some photograph for background or use really cheap Photoshop filters, but not this time. I feel proud of myself. ^-^;

    Leon of Tales of Destiny
    " A Tale of Destiny"
    Artwork by Becky (formerly Hydrachild)

    Comments: I love Leon although this picture doesn't quite depict that feeling. I didn't intend for this picture to be upsidedown, I drew the face, then turned the picture over because I couldn't fit a body.
    Then I called it art. *moderate suggested violence*

    Meia of Alundra
    " Oh Baby, Oh Baby "
    Artwork by Becky (formerly Hydrachild)

    Comments: This pic was commissioned by someone off the internet (you know who you are). It's a little silly; I didn't like the way her legs came out, in retrospect they're all funny-shaped. I do like the colors, though. I have a tendency to make very muddy colors so when I came out with the brighter background reds and stuff it made me happy. Now I can go back to being muddy (cause its easier)
    *moderate/high suggestive theme*

    Miang Hawwa of Xenogears
    " Beckoning Ramsus "
    Artwork by Amber Michelle

    Comments: Argh!!! The scanner has betrayed me AGAIN! ^^;;; I spent extra time on nice shading, and what does it do? It.... loses it....... **sniffle** But anyway, if you're wondering...... this picture was inspired by the concept of Lunar's bromides, among other things (and I won't mention them here. ^^). There are a couple of optical illusions in this piece, but I assure you they're not real -- I drew the figure first, then everything over it, so I know it's perfectly right. And believe it or not...... I even like this picture. Go figure. ^_~
    *low suggestive theme*

    Cloud and Tifa of Final Fantasy VII
    " Midnight Moment "
    Artwork by Meriko

    Comments: These two are ink & color pencil pictures (as my pics always are.) Midnight Moment was a request (yes, I do requests!) from a fan (ooh, I have fans!) and Moonlight Kiss was pure midnight to 4am inspiration! *yawn* I'm extremely happy with my moonlight/starry sky/silhouette in "Kiss." It makes it a very private moment, yes? with just the moonlight beaming down around them. *sentimental sniff* My apologies to all those die-hard Aeris & Cloud fans. :)
    *Low suggestive themes*

    Cloud and Tifa of Final Fantasy VII
    " Moonlight Kiss "
    Artwork by Meriko

    Comments: These two are ink & color pencil pictures (as my pics always are.) Midnight Moment was a request (yes, I do requests!) from a fan (ooh, I have fans!) and Moonlight Kiss was pure midnight to 4am inspiration! *yawn* I'm extremely happy with my moonlight/starry sky/silhouette in "Kiss." It makes it a very private moment, yes? with just the moonlight beaming down around them. *sentimental sniff* My apologies to all those die-hard Aeris and Cloud fans. :)

    Nina of Breath of Fire II
    " Nina "
    Artwork by Wulfmune

    Comments: i always liked the designs of this series alot but i thought this was one of the cutest versions of nina. she looked almost like a sprite or fairy.

    Locke, Terra, and Celes of Final Fantasy VI
    " Phoenix Knights "
    Artwork by Landale

    Comments: Well, I HOPE that you can see WHO the people in this piccy is but if not...It«s Tina, Lock and Celes. Nothing sayz that these are my fav FF6 charas..cuz that place is taken by Shadow^^ The IDEA of this pic is really nothing big, I just wanted to give them alil more ARMOR! And here they look a little more royal...I like drawing details though^^ The name of the pic itself comes from the beast/esper/they-have-many-names-you-know Phoenix...she who guards Life. I really don«t know what to say...Um, i like the coloring?

    Porom of Mysidia of Final Fantasy IV
    " Mystic Child "
    Artwork by Arion McBride

    Comments: Well I was saying i was going to do Porom with my Palom drawing for awhile an then i got offtrack. the first attempt got messed up so i redid it. i put her in the same background as Palom, it seemed fitting that way. gotten a lil better since i did Palom im slowly getting comfortable with photoshop. i messed up on a few things but overall im pleased. at any rate, she is beautiful eh. now that im done her im gonna venture towards some other rpg's an let ff6 alone for a bit. thanks go to shard for pushing me to commplete it. (YOU MAH GROUPY SHARD!) ahem anyways i hope you all like it.

    Ramza Beoulve of Final Fantasy Tactics
    " Blame "
    Artwork by Becky (formerly Hydrachild)

    Comments: I got the idea for this by watching the intro. I was inspired by the illustrative quality of the designs, although I wasn't partial to the style.

    Rinoa Heartilly and Angelo of Final Fantasy VIII
    " Rinoa and Angelo "
    Artwork by Sandara-3

    Comments: i'm back again! found that i just couldn't stay away from RPGamer... so... how do you find FF8? good? bad? ^__^ this is Rinoa and her dog, Angelo... isn't her dog cute?

    Squall Leonhart of Final Fantasy VIII
    " Squall in Charcoal "
    Artwork by Nutz

    Comments: I've been trying fan art using different mediums, and now I've made an attempt at charcoal. It went out pretty well for a first time (though I know I still have to practice). Anyway, Squall is sure an exceptional character in the FF8 world, and his face always leaves me in a trance (whoa, handsome!). I just hope I gave his perfect face enough justice in this piece of art. Pardon the chain, I was so burnt out I didn't put any detail in it.

    Tempest of Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
    " Tempest "
    Artwork by Wulfmune

    Comments: one of my favorite male characters in lunar. i like his manly attitude, and let's face it, he's got a cool name on top of it! i haven't seen much fanart of this guy so i thought i'd better remedy that in case there's any other tempest fans out there.

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